Comparison

AppWork vs rmAppSuite Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AppWork

This app streamlines on-site service team operations by providing real-time management of work orders, inspections, and communication. It enhances team efficiency and engagement through a gamified system of badges and coins.

Highlights
  • Real-time work order management
  • On-site inspections
  • Centralized communication platform
  • Photo and video uploads
  • Gamified motivation system
  • Resident contact
Features
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AppWork is the perfect tool for service teams working on-site. With our cloud-based system, your maintenance team can easily see and manage their assigned work orders, make readies and inspections, in real-time, and stay connected with managers, residents, and other technicians through our central communication platform. But AppWork isn't just practical - it's also fun! Our badge and coins system gamifies the maintenance process, motivating your team to get the job done while adding an element of enjoyment to their work. Techs can use the AppWork app to contact residents, upload photos/videos, add comments, complete tasks, and perform other simple actions. With AppWork, your maintenance team will have everything they need to get the job done efficiently and effectively.

About

rmAppSuite Pro

Manage properties efficiently on the go with this integrated mobile solution. Access tenant and owner information, process payments, track violations, and complete maintenance inspections with photo and note capabilities. Communicate directly with contacts and simplify utility meter readings.

Highlights
  • Connect to Rent Manager database remotely
  • Manage prospect, tenant, owner, and vendor info
  • Track and process tenant payments
  • Add and escalate property violations
  • Complete maintenance inspections with photos
  • Record utility meter readings
  • Communicate via VoIP or text
Features
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Rent Manager’s rmAppSuite Pro provides the speed, efficiency, and maximum productivity you need to keep your property management operation on the go. Sleek, intuitive navigation guides you through the app quickly and easily from one task to the next. rmAppSuite Pro is completely integrated with your Rent Manager database so you never miss a beat, wherever and whenever you’re logging in. Features: • Connect to your Rent Manager database while in the field • Review and update prospect, tenant, owner, and vendor information • Track and process tenant payments • Add new violations and escalate existing violations • Complete maintenance inspections, services issues, and metered utility readings, including photos and notes • Communicate with contacts via rmVoIP or text messaging within the app Easily find the contact you’re looking for with access to tenants, prospects, owners, or vendors—all searchable via a wide variety of search items, including address, email, license plate number, etc. Once selected, you can view complete profile information including: User Defined Fields, ownerships, transaction history, and contact information. Add History/Note items directly from the field; submit maintenance tickets; accept and apply payments via credit card, ACH, cash, or ePay; and so much more. You can also utilize the voice-to-text capabilities of your smart phone to take notes. Your favorite Rent Manager apps received a complete overhaul to best fit your needs. Conduct inspections on-the-spot, from beginning to end; take pictures and set statuses from the field; create new service issues and send reports to owners and tenants right from your device. Never miss a beat and add violations the moment you come across them at your properties—your actions are reflected instantly in RM12 with the push of a button, making sure that every detail is logged along the way. You can also attach photos to History/Notes, contact images, bills, and more, with one simple step. Entering utility meter readings has never been easier. Simplify billing tenants for their utility usage by using rmAppSuite Pro to record meter readings for utility consumption while in the field. If your meters have a barcode, you can use your device’s camera to scan and identify the meter. When you enter usage data for each meter, the app displays previous readings, allowing you to easily spot irregularities. New! Take advantage of Rent Manager’s extensive Violations feature while working at your properties. Easily add new violations to a tenant’s account, along with supporting photos and notes directly from the app. You can also access existing violations, escalate them as needed, and calculate the associated charges. Technicians can quickly document all maintenance work completed on-site via their device and automatically make the appropriate updates to your RM12 database. Create parts/labor records for items that need to be charged back to the tenant or take pictures to document work completed. Creating and receiving text messages to and from your clients using the app is intuitive. Service technicians can contact tenants to let them know they are on their way, or quickly text an owner the result of an inspection. All text messages are saved directly to the Text Messaging Center for maximum security. rmAppSuite Pro is integrated with rmVoIP!* Make and receive phone calls as if you're in the office. Service technicians and inspectors can call tenants without sharing personal phone numbers and all phone calls are logged and tracked within RM12. *rmVoIP contract is required. NOTE: To use any of the rmAppSuite Pro apps, you must be a current Rent Manager Online customer.

Screenshots

AppWork4 screens
rmAppSuite Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AppWork at 97% against rmAppSuite Pro's 7%. AppWork also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AppWork holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 420 and 119 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of AppWork's written reviews are positive against 7% of rmAppSuite Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppWork ships an update weekly, rmAppSuite Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AppWork versus rmAppSuite Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppWorkrmAppSuite Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (420 ratings) — better2.5 (119 ratings)
Positive reviews97.0% of reviews — better6.7% of reviews
Number of ratings420 — better119
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppWork Technologies IncLondon Computer Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

AppWork

All ratings420 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.4%

rmAppSuite Pro

All ratings119 ratings
Positive29.4%
Neutral10.1%
Negative60.5%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative76.7%

Bugs and requests

AppWork

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

rmAppSuite Pro

Reported bugs

89 issues
  • App very laggy
  • Phone system not the best
  • Keep reinstalling the app so it works properly
  • Won’t let me open app
  • App CONSTANTLY crashes
Show 84 more
  • New update app won’t open
  • Calls don’t come through
  • Can’t get it fixed
  • Can’t upload pictures and notes while connected to wifi
  • Cannot log out because of unsaved service issue
  • Service issue says no access
  • No access to proper information when needed
  • App is very limited with outdated interface
  • Newest update makes using the app more difficult
  • Work order number stands in front of words, alphabetizing same as date
  • Very little functionality needed to operate rent manager
  • App is hard to navigate
  • App is shockingly bad
  • Won’t let me change location because of unsaved violation
  • App isn’t booting up
  • App is very slow in loading
  • New update to work orders prioritizing title start with work order number ruined organization
  • Previous versions were more intuitive
  • Newest version didn’t improve on older version, made it worse
  • Takes forever to load new filter
  • Not able to provide permission to access camera or camera roll
  • Cannot see where to fix permission issue through the app
  • Some things take too many steps (inspections and filtering for service orders)
  • Cannot see call log without VoIP setup
  • Takes a dozen taps just to get an inspection going
  • Can’t see inspections or service issues without counterintuitive filtering
  • Texts don’t update without going back to main page
  • Work orders are hard to navigate
  • Continues to show closed and open orders from 3 years ago
  • Trying to navigate the app is confusing and aggravating
  • Can’t access any accounting features or reports
  • App used to show inspections created, now can’t see them
  • Have to log into RMX version online to see inspections
  • Cannot upload pictures
  • Company haven’t corrected issue for almost 5 months
  • Inspections won’t complete after submitting
  • Inspections stay marked as “building media submission”
  • Inspections locked out from viewing in main program
  • App version on phone is very limited with tenant account access and property information
  • Service issue disappears after navigating away
  • Can’t stop from alerting on days off
  • Old app had features new one does not
  • Old app showed balance on outside
  • New app doesn’t show all names when searching
  • New app shows past and future tenants
  • Old version allowed seeing tenant AR balance in the field
  • What used to take one click now requires eight clicks
  • Information presented is slightly less valuable
  • Some details are missing
  • Takes too many steps to get to resident names
  • No filtering by unit number
  • Can’t take payment or check tenant’s transactions
  • UI is atrocious
  • Code written by someone who doesn’t have a clue
  • App is clunky
  • Slow as a bunch of senior citizens
  • Maintenance can’t see hours for the week
  • Supervisor app is useless, doesn’t allow seeing all users
  • Doesn’t show tenant payment and transactions like old app
  • Drops calls a lot
  • Seems pretty buggy over all
  • Text messages show time from a different time zone
  • No “red bubble” alerting for new text
  • Spend more time with app frozen than working
  • App frequently freezes or closes
  • Basic component of tracking rental finances takes 37 steps
  • Manually import every transaction from bank
  • Have to categorize transactions
  • Have to track transactions
  • Need to use janky Microsoft program to use on Mac
  • Complicated and hideous process
  • TWA does not work
  • Need to go to main application for simple changes
  • See all text messages and notices from every property manager communication
  • Technicians can’t be clocked into multiple service orders
  • Wasted time fixing clock in/clock out errors
  • Unable to tag a new service issue to a property/unit through the app
  • Tenant account number should be next to tenant name
  • App doesn’t work, freezes every time
  • Can’t access contacts on phone
  • Old version fits needs better
  • New version adds text and VoIP calling and that’s it
  • VoIP is not important unless tricking boss
  • Customer service says they are aware of issues and have no timeframe for redevelopment

Requested features

37 requests
  • Allow choosing a different map
  • Ability to add contact info to tenant profile
  • Ability to edit contact information
  • Ability to add assets through the app
  • Allow users to see a call log without VoIP setup
Show 32 more
  • Ability to see all users like technicians
  • Create custom inspection templates
  • Bulk manage text messages
  • Tag a new service issue to a property/unit
  • Tenant account number next to tenant name
  • Filter out previous tenants
  • Search tenant by unit number
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Do not disturb feature
  • Ability to set 'list view without filters' automatically
  • Allow technicians to not be clocked into multiple service orders
  • Add credit card processing to the mobile app
  • Provide access to customer cash pay account number
  • Commercial aspects for commercial PM companies
  • Ability to delete residential lingo
  • Customize RM defaults
  • More customization options
  • See tenant balances on the outside without searching
  • See all names from current tenants only
  • Reopen a closed work order
  • See how many hours maintenance has for the week
  • Set up and action TWA via the app
  • Filter service orders more easily
  • Improve filtering for service orders
  • Make app more user friendly
  • Allow editing and organizing work orders by name
  • Make app more mobile friendly
  • Improve tenant account access
  • Improve property information access
  • Improve inspection functionality
  • Improve filtering for service orders

In-app purchases

None

AppWork

No in-app purchases

None

rmAppSuite Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AppWork free?
AppWork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is rmAppSuite Pro free?
rmAppSuite Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AppWork or rmAppSuite Pro?
AppWork is rated higher. AppWork averages 4.9 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while rmAppSuite Pro averages 2.5 from 119 ratings.
Do AppWork or rmAppSuite Pro have ads?
Neither AppWork nor rmAppSuite Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppWork or rmAppSuite Pro?
AppWork ships an update weekly, and rmAppSuite Pro fortnightly. Most recently, AppWork was updated on September 22, 2026 and rmAppSuite Pro on September 14, 2026.

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